Sean Reavey

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The Prime Minister says his government has got "the big political decisions right". Let's go through them. The government chose to cut welfare so it could spend even more on weapons and war. The government chose to demonise the sick and disabled. The government chose to keep children in poverty until it was dragged kicking and screaming to finally scrap the two-child benefit cap. The government chose not to bring water into public ownership, not to tax wealth and not to implement rent controls. The government chose to arm Israel and participate in genocide. The government chose to let the US use British air bases for its war crimes in Iran. The government chose to let Palantir get its hands on our NHS. The government chose to scapegoat migrants and refugees for its own failures. Poverty, inequality and genocide. Those are the government's big decisions. And that is how this government will be remembered.

Midweek underage GAA coverage: Wednesday TG4 7.35pm: Tipperary v Clare - Munster U20H final TG4 Spórt YouTube (all 7.30pm) All-Ireland U20F semi-finals: Kerry v Roscommon and Kildare v Tyrone. Leinster U20H semi-finals: Dublin v Kilkenny and Wexford v Galway.

Next weekend's live GAA coverage: Saturday 4.30pm: Galway v Dublin (H) - GAA+ 6pm: Down v Leitrim (F) - GAA+ 7pm: Tipperary v Clare (H) - GAA+ Sunday 2pm: Dublin v Westmeath (F) - RTÉ 3pm: Limerick v Waterford (H) - GAA+ 4.15pm: Armagh v Monaghan (F) - RTÉ and BBC NI

Workers at the Chrysler building in 1929

The draw for the 2026 @ElectricIreland Ulster Minor Football Championship Quarter Finals has taken place following this afternoon's Qualifier Round 2 result🏐 Saturday 16th May – Quarter Finals (12pm, First named team has home advantage) ▪️Armagh v Cavan ▪️Donegal v Monaghan The Semi Finals will be played on the following weekend Saturday 23rd May ▪️Tyrone v Quarter Final winner at O’Neill’s Healy Park ▪️Derry v Quarter Final winner at Find Insurance Owenbeg #Ulster2026

Remember this guys?

Derramor Forest this morning #darknessintolight Families & friends walked as one to remember all those we have lost through suicide. Our message as a community to these families and those suffering the pain of loss is ‘you are not alone’.

Voters have sent a message to this government: enough is enough.

If you’re coaching a football team and you haven’t got your hands on this new book from @colmnally, you’re missing out on such a goldmine of ideas. A brilliant resource, so well laid out 🙌🏻

Can't wait to hear the DUP being outraged over this offensive mural on Housing Executive property.

I hope this guy is never allowed to forget his sanctioning of genocide, in this life or the next.

My latest Irish News article on the 100th anniversary of Fianna Fáil. irishnews.com/opinion/cormac…

Really looking forward to it Cormac.

My latest book marking the 100th anniversary of Fianna Fáil will be available shortly. It has over 650 images, many of them never seen before.

Disgusting views. Inhuman!!

I just voted for three fantastic independent candidates in Finsbury Park who oppose austerity, stand up to racism and support the people of Palestine. Today, a new kind of politics is on the ballot — and community power will win!

‘I’m just thankful he’s still here...’ More great stuff from this weekend's Irish News, this time from @andyirishnews as he talks to former Down star Dan McCartan about playing days, rivalry and helping save the life of teenager Shea Trainor irishnews.com/gaa/gaelic-foo…

Childhood memories playing the game of snakes and ladders 🪜

Catholics dedicate May to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Not because Mary is God. Not because Mary replaces Jesus. Not because Catholics “invented” Marian devotion. But because the woman who said YES to God gave birth to Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. That is why the Church calls her Mother of God. This title is not emotional Catholic poetry. It is ancient Christian doctrine. Elizabeth said it first: “And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”~ Luke 1:43 The Council of Ephesus in 431 defended Mary as Theotokos, God-bearer, because denying her this title threatened the truth about Jesus Christ Himself. St. Cyril’s anathema was clear: if anyone does not confess that Emmanuel is truly God, and that the Holy Virgin is therefore Theotokos, “let him be anathema.” The Catechism teaches the same: Mary is truly “Mother of God” because the one she conceived by the Holy Spirit was truly the eternal Son of the Father made man. So here is the undeniable truth: If Jesus is God, and Mary is His mother according to the flesh, then the ancient Church rightly calls her Mother of God. May belongs to Mary because Mary always leads us to Christ. This was already debated and settled by the councils and the early Church. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.  Amen.